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I expected LA Noire in the post this morning and instead recieved and application form for a job in the local fish factory.

That's the beginning of the ARG. Wait until they dump a dead hookers in your bed, the police kick in your door and as long as you don't resist arrest they hand you a copy of LA Noire.. And a roll of bin bags, a shovel and a hack saw for disposing of the bodies.

Happy to help. Much as the Steam forums are a wretched hive of scum and villainy, they do sometimes contain useful solutions to problems like this.

and that's a shame 'cause that's really the last place that I'd really try to get any help from, but nonetheless: is this Dirt any good? I don't like racing games, have no wheel in home and I just wonder whether it's better to buy this thing or to save this money for whatever comes tomorrow.

I know. I am disgusted about how much that game has lost value. Its a shame really. To much hype not even bang. Like most games these days

To be fair you can get Portal 2 for £15 retail so I'm not sure it really says anything about the quality vs post-release price. Seeing how quickly prices drop these days, and given the game backlog I've yet to clear, after Deus Ex its going to take something pretty phenomenal to get me to preorder again, when you can just wait a few weeks/months and get them at a fraction of the price. Patience is a virtue. And also, cheaper.

Yes, I've played DiRT on Windows 7. Never noticed any problems with it.

I will endorse it by saying that I am TERRIBLE at 'realistic' racing games, and DiRT is a game that I really, really enjoy (on easy). Other racers in the niche (ToCA; GRID) I can put on easy and they're still incredibly difficult to me, so I'm fond of DiRT. That said, those who are good at racing games can pump DiRT up to ridiculously hard levels. Pretty good looking game for its time, too.

20% off of preorders of E3-Games at bee.com with code "PREORDER20"
eg. BF3 LE for about £23

So very tempting, but I've never heard of bee.com before. Not much chance of it going cheaper though, is there?

EDIT: As a point of reference, you can pick up Space Marine at the same place for under £28, as well as getting the limited edition which would be £63, which is also the cheapest I've seen them available for.

I'm just so damn hesitant about pre-ordering, 1, from a place I've never heard of before and 2, so far in advance. I dunno.

Daily - Wings of Prey - 75% off, down to £5. (There is a demo so you can try before you buy!)

Mid-week:

50% off Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. CoD4 (£10), Modern Warfare 2 (£15) and two of its map packs; Resurgence Pack and Stimulus Package (both £5.50).

85% off the Frozenbyte Complete Collection. This includes Shadowgrounds (£6), Shadowgrounds Survivor (£8) and Trine (£17) for the complete price of £3.30. (The pack cost is £22, which is what the discount is off, amazingly.) All 3 have demos and are Steam Play.

(As an aside, I'd appreciate if anyone has any experience using bee.com, re. my questioning in the previous post. Feel free to PM me. Ta!)

That's the beginning of the ARG. Wait until they dump a dead hookers in your bed, the police kick in your door and as long as you don't resist arrest they hand you a copy of LA Noire.. And a roll of bin bags, a shovel and a hack saw for disposing of the bodies.

For anybody who had been interested in Wings of Prey but had been put off by the DRM, it would seem that they have finally patched it out. Still have to create an account for multiplayer, though, or something.

I'm just so damn hesitant about pre-ordering, 1, from a place I've never heard of before and 2, so far in advance. I dunno.

I agree. Preordering in advance these days is too risky. For example, I cancelled my Red Faction Armageddon pre-order just last week, deciding it'd be a bargain bin/steam sale pickup instead, and shifted my deposit onto another preorder. Unfortunately, that other preorder was for Dungeon Siege 3, and judging by the bizarre controls and lazy voice acting (for a primary character!) evident in the demo, I'm not sure I want to pay full price for it either. I may end up just taking my money back and waiting for November releases.